#38AD98#38AD98

#38AD98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD98
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 152)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -37.39, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 37.41, 177.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.1076 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.108 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2392, 32.9924, 34.8958)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD98 #AD384D

analogous

#38AD5E #38AD98 #3887AD

triadic

#38AD98 #9838AD #AD9838

tetradic

#38AD98 #5E38AD #AD384D #87AD38

square

#38AD98 #5E38AD #AD384D #87AD38

split-complementary

#38AD98 #AD3887 #AD5E38

monochromatic

#1A5147 #297F6F #38AD98 #59C9B5 #87D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#38AD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD98

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD98	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b6',
    500: '#38ad98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad98;
$custom-light: #7ec6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67746,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD98

secondary

#C27F8B

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD98

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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